May 2012
Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1
MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1129)
Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Define “Statistics”. What are the functions of Statistics? Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data.
Q2. Draw a histogram for the following distribution:
Age 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No. of people 2 5 10 8 4
Q3. Find the (i) arithmetic mean and (ii) the median value of the following set of values: 40, 32, 24, 36, 42, 18, 10.
Q4. Calculate the standard deviation of the following data:
Marks 78-80 80-82 82-84 84-86 86-88 88-90
No. of students 3 15 26 23 9 4
Q5. Explain the following terms with respect to Statistics: (i) Sample, (ii) Variable, (iii) Population.
Q6. An unbiased coin is tossed six times. What is the probability that the tosses will result in: (i) at least four heads, and (ii) exactly two heads
May 2012
Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1
MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1129)
Assignment Set - 2 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Find Karl Pearson’s correlation co-efficient for the data given in the below table:
X 18 16 12 8 4
Y 22 14 12 10 8
Q2. Find the (i) arithmetic mean (ii) range and (iii) median of the following data: 15, 17, 22, 21, 19, 26, 20.
Q3. What is the importance of classification of data? What are the types of classification of data?
Q4. The data given in the below table shows the production in three shifts and the number of defective goods that turned out in three weeks. Test at 5% level of significance whether the weeks and shifts are independent.
Shift 1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week Total
I 15 5 20 40
II 20 10 20 50
III 25 15 20 60
Total 60 30 60 150
Q5. What is sampling? Explain briefly the types of sampling
Q6. Suppose two houses in a thousand catch fire in a year and there are 2000 houses in a village. What is the probability that: (i) none of the houses catch fire and (ii) At least one house catch fire?
Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1
MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1129)
Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Define “Statistics”. What are the functions of Statistics? Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data.
Q2. Draw a histogram for the following distribution:
Age 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No. of people 2 5 10 8 4
Q3. Find the (i) arithmetic mean and (ii) the median value of the following set of values: 40, 32, 24, 36, 42, 18, 10.
Q4. Calculate the standard deviation of the following data:
Marks 78-80 80-82 82-84 84-86 86-88 88-90
No. of students 3 15 26 23 9 4
Q5. Explain the following terms with respect to Statistics: (i) Sample, (ii) Variable, (iii) Population.
Q6. An unbiased coin is tossed six times. What is the probability that the tosses will result in: (i) at least four heads, and (ii) exactly two heads
May 2012
Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1
MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits
(Book ID: B1129)
Assignment Set - 2 (60 Marks)
Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q1. Find Karl Pearson’s correlation co-efficient for the data given in the below table:
X 18 16 12 8 4
Y 22 14 12 10 8
Q2. Find the (i) arithmetic mean (ii) range and (iii) median of the following data: 15, 17, 22, 21, 19, 26, 20.
Q3. What is the importance of classification of data? What are the types of classification of data?
Q4. The data given in the below table shows the production in three shifts and the number of defective goods that turned out in three weeks. Test at 5% level of significance whether the weeks and shifts are independent.
Shift 1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week Total
I 15 5 20 40
II 20 10 20 50
III 25 15 20 60
Total 60 30 60 150
Q5. What is sampling? Explain briefly the types of sampling
Q6. Suppose two houses in a thousand catch fire in a year and there are 2000 houses in a village. What is the probability that: (i) none of the houses catch fire and (ii) At least one house catch fire?
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